Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 253-256 , March 2003

Weight Loss Associated With a Daily Intake of Three Apples or Three Pears Among Overweight Women

  • Maria Conceição de Oliveira, RD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Medicina Social, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rosely Sichieri, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Medicina Social, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rosely Sichieri, MD, PhD, Instituto de Medicina Social, UERJ, Rua S. Francisco Xavier, 524, 7o andar, Bloco E, CEP 20550-012, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Anibal Sanchez Moura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Medicina Social, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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☆ This research was supported by the Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Maçã and the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

PII: S0899-9007(02)00850-X

doi: 10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00850-X

Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 253-256 , March 2003

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